Hog-oiling device



July" 11, 1928.

1,677,560 A. J. KOERNER HoG o'ILING DEVICE Inventor Patented July 17, 1928.

uni-rre ALVIN a. nonnina, or FREEMAN, sourir DAKOTA.

Hoe-oigLING DEVICE,

Appiication flied March 2e, i927. seriai NQ. 178,564u

This invention relates to new andv useful improvements inA hog oiling devices and has for its primary object to provide a highly novel, simple, and efficiently operating hogv oiler, wherein the flow'of the oil from the oil sto-ragetank is controlled by the'animals passing through the device, so that the oil will not be wasted when the device is not in use.

A further and most important object is to' provide a hog oiler of this character wherein the same includes generally a stasionary supporting frame structure, within which is vertically slidably disposed vthe oiling mechanism per se, so that animals of different sizes may pass `therethrough and y become properly oiled, during such move- Yet another and important object is to provide a hog oiling device, in accordance with this inventio-n'that consists of but few parts and these sooo-related as to produce the possibility of disarrangement to a minimum, the device being further of such a construction as to permit of the ready transporting of the same from place to place.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, as will become apparent during the course of the following detailed description, the invention comprises novel advantages and arrangement of parts as will become base board 5, from the opposite longitudinal edges of which arise vertical standards 6 6 preferably of square shape in cross section, and of somewhat enlarged area as indicated in Figure f1. These standards 6 6 are arranged intermediate the ends of the base board and are connected at their lower ends by a cross brace 7, and at their upper ends by cross braces 8 8. These standards 6 6 are further braced to the base board 5 by upward/ly extending inwardlydiverging boards 9 9,ithe lower ends thereof being rigidly secured'to the. opposite` edges of. the base board 5v at the ends thereof and the innerv ends.y of said. bases 9 9 being rigidly bolted or otherwise secured to the standards y 6 6 beneath their transverse braces 8 8.

lArranged upon the inner face of each standardy 6v are vertically extending spaced angle bars 10 10, while disposed for vertical movement between these standards 6 6 isiA the oiling. mechanism per se. This mechanism includes a frame consisting of a pair of vertical boards11 -11 connected at their upper. ends by a cross board 12. As indicate-din Figures 1 and 2, the outer surface of eachgof the vertical boards11 11 ofthe oiling mechanism frame is a single angle bar 13, the outer wall of which -is arranged between the outer walls of the angle bars 1() 1O of the adjacent standard 6,`so as to provide a sliding connection between the oiling mechanism and the standards of its supporting frame.

Suitably secured between the 'boards 11 11 of the oling mechanism frame is a bar 14, upon the top side of whichis ai'- ranged an oiltank 15, of a thickness noV greater than the thickness of the bar, upon the 'open end of which is removably disposed a suitable lid 16. As `clearly disclosed inV Figure 3, 4an oil tube 17 leads `from the bottom wall of this tank 15 to an opening in the board 14, while loosely movable therethrough is an elongated valve pin 18, slidable through an opening in a guide bar 19,r

arranged transversely withinv the tank 15. Arranged upon this pin 18, beneath thek bar 19 is a disc valve 20, while arranged around the pin between thel valve Vand guide bar isy an eXpa-nsible coil spring 21 for'normally forcing the pin downwardly, so as to maintain the disc valve in position over the inner end of the tube 17, so as to prevent the discharge ofthe oil from the tank through the tube 17. y c

The lower end of the tube 17 terminates beneath the bar 14, and is formed with opposed discharge nipples 2Q, at the side thereof. Attached to this tube 17 `above the nipples 22 is a yoke shaped metallic strap 23, upon the inner surface of which is arranged a lining of feltor other absorbent material 24, within which are arranged the discharge nipples 22 of the oil'conducting tube 17.

The lowez` `end of the elongated pin 18 terminates beneath the strap 23 and felt 24, and is formed at this end with an 4arcuate shaped animal body engaging plate Q5, so that as the animal passes through the yoke 23,'its body will so encounter the plate 25 as to cause the upward movement et the pin 18, which will raise the valve 2O from the tube 17 allowingl the oil to flow therethrough to thoroughly soak into the 'felt 24. Further, by reason of the vertical sliding` disposition of the oiling` 'mechanism per se within the main supportng iframe, animals of various sizes may Vpass through the yoke 23 and at the same time aetuate the normallyA closed oil valve, so that the oil will freely pass into the felt 2l.

ln view ot the foregoing` description, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it will at once be apparent that l have provided a highly novel, simple and relatively inexpensive hog oiling' device that is well adapted for all of the Vpin-poses .heretofore designated, and even though have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it is nevertheless to be therein without atleet-ing the spirit or scopeY of the appended claim.

l-lavingthus described my invention, whatA l claim as new is: f

ln a hog oiling` device of the character described, a base, a pair o' spaced. parallel standards rising' from intermediate portions ot the side edges of the base, braces connected to the upper ends oi? the standards and extcnithng` downwardly and fixed to the ends of the base, a brace connecting the lower ends of the standards, a pair of spaced parallel braces connecting` the upper ends ot the standards, a frame between the standards, a tongue and `@groove slidahle connection between the frame and theV standards', said 'frame comprisingv a pair oliV side bars and an upper cross bar and an intermediate Cross bar, a tank ixed on the intermediate cross bar and having' a pipe depending therefrom through the intermediate cross bar, and

an oil applying' means with which the pipe is connected.

ln testrgiony whereo'l l'aliix my signature.

ALVIN J. KOERNER. 

